Daryl Blackwell Jones
Bis 2021, COO/Group Operations Director/Managing Director Operations, Proman AG
Altendorf, Schweiz
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Daryl Blackwell Jones
2017 - 2021
COO/Group Operations Director/Managing Director Operations
Proman AG
• Overseeing global operations ensuring safe and reliable production of natural gas, methanol and nitrogen products • Driving operational and technical performance, standards, learning and continuous improvement • Board member, board technical committee chair and audit committee member • Oversight of ground-breaking $US 200+ million GPU project • Overseeing the development and roll out of Security, Emergency Response, Crisis Management and Resilience programmes
2012 - 2017
Vice President Projects and Investments
Proman AG
• Oversight of Proman's expansion into the United States • Oversight of a fully permitted, “shovel-ready” grass roots world scale methanol plant project • Management of due diligence and verification processes for multiple financing transactions with a total volume of more than $US 3 billion • Structuring and overseeing the execution of a US$ 75 million methanol plant project • Due diligence for acquisition of 50% interest in a $US 1.8 billion methanol plant
2010 - 2012
Senior Executive Manager – VP Business Development – Petrochemicals Division
Ferrostaal GmbH
• 2011, in addition to role as Vice President Business Development, responsible on an interim basis as stand-in for the Senior Vice President Petrochemicals Division • Implementation of restructuring process following change of company ownership and business strategy • Co-ordination of worldwide project development and sales team • Production of division 5-year strategy and approval of same by supervisory board following change of ownership of the company
2009 - 2010
Senior Executive Manager – Vice President Technology – Petrochemicals Division
Ferrostaal GmbH
• Successful recruitment and on-boarding of a multi-disciplined technical team to support company operations and projects worldwide
2006 - 2009
Senior Executive Manager – Petrochemicals Division
Ferrostaal GmbH
• Responsible for the development and management of multiple projects of varying size and complexity including: • Submission of two highly complex, politically challenging proposals with a total value of over €1 billion for two world scale methanol plants in Venezuela and Iran in partnership with a Japanese technology provider and local companies • Conceptualisation, development and implementation of the world’s first commercial scale (8 MW) methanol to power plant
2000 - 2006
Executive Manager – Petrochemicals Division
Ferrostaal GmbH
• Project Manager responsible for the successful development of the world’s largest methanol plant (5,400 mtpd capacity) with a project value of US$ 570 million; from conceptual idea, to technical and commercial project definition, securing of project financing and early phase project execution • Project and business development for natural gas and coal- based industry projects in South America, Caribbean, North and West Africa, Russia, Middle East and South East Asia
1997 - 2000
Project Engineer – Petrochemicals Division
Ferrostaal GmbH
• Responsible for the development of a $US 300 million limited recourse financed 1,850 mtpd anhydrous ammonia project from technical definition through to readiness for disbursement of financing • Technical Advisor to the Project Manager of a 1,650 mtpd methanol plant project
1990 - 1997
Senior Process Engineer / Project Engineer / Liaison Engineer
Kvaerner / Davy Process Technology Ltd. / Davy McKee (London) Ltd.
• One-year assignment to Germany as Project/Process Engineer providing technical advice during the detailed engineering phase of 60,000 mtpa oxo alcohols plant in Romania • Two-year assignment to Germany as Liaison Engineer providing technical advice during the detailed engineering of a 1,650 mtpd methanol plant in Trinidad • Lead systems engineer on multiple international projects responsible for overseeing small teams of engineers ensuring on time and budget completion of technical documentation
1989 - 1989
Sales and Acting General Manager
Saudi Davy Co. Ltd.
• Responsible for day-to-day operation and administration of representative office, cultivation of market intelligence, identification of business opportunities, proposal assistance and supply of specialised information on Saudi Arabia
1985 - 1988
Process Engineer
Kvaerner / Davy Process Technology Ltd. / Davy McKee (London) Ltd.
• Preparation of process engineering calculations, drawings and specifications • Four-month assignment to Transvaal, Republic of South Africa to support the pre-commissioning, commissioning and successful start-up of a pilot pressurised Winkler coal gasification plant • Eight-month assignment as member of R&D team supporting the commercialisation of natural detergent alcohols technology • One-year site assignment in team responsible for the successful revamp of a wet corn starch plant
Ausbildung von Daryl Blackwell Jones
1981 - 1985
Chemical Engineering
University of Bradford
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Deutsch
Fließend
Englisch
Muttersprache